SvenThe
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Arts and Farts, Comics and Stories. Bande dessinée. Film Noir. New Hollywood. Illustrations. Paintings. Und Altona 93.
Happy There Will Come Soft Rains Day to all who celebrate!
👇 Brillant painting by Schalcken. (That shiny herring let me think of Otto Ludwig Piffl from Billy Wilder‘s One, Two, Three: ”Capitalism is like a dead herring in the moonlight. It shines, but it stinks“ 😂 )
Jay Troyer@gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 2d agoGodfried Schalcken, Dutch (1643-1706), Woman Selling Herrings, 1675-80, oil on panel, 19x 15.5 cm, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Goodbye Vincent Pastore. His Big Pussy was more than brilliant. A wonderful, funny performance —right up to the tragic end. #Sopranos #VincentPastore
Jason Bailey@jasondashbailey.com · 4d agoA gifted actor and VERY nice man (and Bronx neighbor!) who gave me so many good tidbits for the Gandolfini book. RIP deadline.com/2026/08/vinc...
Goodbye Vincent Pastore. His Big Pussy was more than brilliant. A wonderful, funny performance —right up to the tragic end. #Sopranos #VincentPastore
Jason Bailey@jasondashbailey.com · 4d agoA gifted actor and VERY nice man (and Bronx neighbor!) who gave me so many good tidbits for the Gandolfini book. RIP deadline.com/2026/08/vinc...
Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) Taipi (Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, 1846) Sammlung Dieterich German Democratic Republic, early seventies Design: Horst Adler #botd #HermanMelville #BookSky
A stunning portrait of Arthur Rimbaud by Robert Crumb (2022) Around 1950, Jean-Pierre Melville planned to shoot a Rimbaud biopic with Gérard Philipe in the role of the poet. Bernard Blier was supposed to play Verlaine. #RobertCrumb #JeanPierreMelville
Jean Giraud, Homage à Jijé Ralph Meyer, Homage à Giraud #JeanGiraud #RalphMeyer #Comics #BandeDessinee #Illustration
Repost because it’s #WesternComicsMonth 🤠
SvenThe@sventhe.bsky.social · 6mo agoThat‘s easy! Four favorite western comics: Blueberry by Jean-Michel Charlier / Jean Giraud Undertaker by Ralph Meyer On a tué Wild Bill by Hermann We need at least ONE American comic on this list: Carl Barks’ Donald Duck story The Sheriff of Bullet Valley
This looks promising Blake and Mortimer exhibition in Nice: ”Mortimer et le Japon de papier“ #ComicSky #BlakeEtMortimer #EPJacobs #BandeDessinee maa.departement06.fr/agenda/morti...
It‘s a mad mad mad Max World (2027)
Charlize Theron's Despair in Mad Max
ALT: Charlize Theron's Despair in Mad Max
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson@climatecasino.net · last wk.Your 'moment of doom' for July 28, 2026 ~ 2C or not 2C? "There's a 35% chance that the average temperature will hit 2C above pre-industrial levels for one month next year, projections show." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Images from films shot by cinematographer Henri Decae - BOTD in 1915 The 400 Blows (1959) Joy House (1964) The Sicilian Clan (1969) Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
" (...) from a rule-of-law perspective, it is deeply problematic that someone can be barred from entering the country over a political statement that is not a criminal offence — and then be denied access to the files."
Hanno Hauenstein@hahauenstein.bsky.social · 6d agoScoop: "Bob Vylan Frontman Deported From Germany for Chanting “Death to IDF” at Glastonbury" – my latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/07/30/b...
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli. #filmsky #moviesky #cinema
Asta the Dog's Joyful Flip in Another Thin Man
ALT: Asta the Dog's Joyful Flip in Another Thin Man
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John Hodson@mgcroadster.bsky.social · 6d agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli. #filmsky #moviesky #cinema
